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Month: January 2021

Scotland

Scottish National Party’s ‘indyref2 roadmap’ no substitute for a mass movement and socialist policies

January 29, 2021 Statement from Socialist Party Scotland (CWI)

The Scottish National Party (SNP)-led government’s latest ‘road map’ towards a second independence referendum for Scotland has been unveiled. Boris Johnson’s Westminster government has also launched a five-step plan to save the union. Battle lines […]

Ireland North

Decades of state underfunding cause wastewater pollution crisis at Northern Ireland Water

January 29, 2021 Councillor Donal O'Cofaigh, Militant Left (CWI Ireland)

Northern Ireland is the only region in the UK where the water service has not yet been privatised. That fact largely reflects the strong campaign fought by the trade union movement, in many cases led […]

Nigeria

Nigeria: Worsening conflicts between herdsmen and farmers, and amongst ethnic groups

January 28, 2021 Peluola Adewale, Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM - CWI in Nigeria)

This year has seen a further intensification of conflicts and clashes, in different parts of Nigeria, between herdsmen and farmers in some areas and different ethnic groups in others. This has added to the sense […]

Britain

Biden and the British Labour Party leadership

January 27, 2021 Editorial from The Socialist (issue 1118), weekly paper of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales)

With Trump gone, capitalist governments worldwide are queuing up to establish friendly relations with Joe Biden, the new US president.  While it is a bit awkward for Boris Johnson, who was once described by Biden […]

Uganda

Uganda’s 2021 election and the rise of Bobi Wine

January 26, 2021 Shaun Arendse, Marxist Workers Party (CWI South Africa)

President Yoweri Museveni returned to power after claiming victory in Uganda’s 14 January presidential elections. The Uganda Electoral Commission awarded Museveni and his ruling-National Resistance Movement (NRM) 58.64% of the vote (5.8 million votes) and […]

Russia

Russia: Mass anti-Putin protests sweep across cities and towns

January 25, 2021 Clare Doyle, CWI

Mass anti-government demonstrations across Russia last Saturday, 23 January, saw tens of thousands of protesters on the streets, confronting the brutal forces of Vladimir Putin’s dictatorial regime. There were mass protests in at least 65 […]

Egypt

Egypt: The road to the 2011 revolution

January 25, 2021 David Johnson

Ten years ago a mighty uprising of Egyptian workers and youth ousted President Hosni Mubarak’s brutally dictatorial regime, an event that resonated around the world. Starting on 25 January 2011, increasing numbers turned out in […]

The 'Arab Spring'

Ten years since the ‘Arab Spring’- key lessons for socialists

January 23, 2021 Judy Beishon

The year 2011 began with mass protests spreading across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) which shook the ground beneath the feet of the region’s many autocratic regimes. The decades-long dictators – Ben Ali […]

Myanmar

Myanmar: Re-elected Aung San Suu Kyi government unable to deal with Covid or armed conflicts

January 22, 2021 Johan Ariff, CWI Malaysia

The general election in Myanmar, held last November, saw the National League of Democracy (NLD) – under the leadership of Aung San Suu Kyi – returned to government in a situation of political, economic, environmental, […]

Social media

Trump Twitter ban: Only independent workers’ voice can defeat right

January 21, 2021 James Ivens

First the election, now his Twitter account – it’s bad news all round for bigot-in-chief Donald Trump. But the ousted US president’s eviction from social media is also a warning to workers and young people […]

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